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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has today launched the Honor 8 Pro in India. Though the smartphone was first launched in China under the name Honor V9, in India the phone has debuted with a few tweaks. As opposed to the 6GB RAM and 64GB variant that was launched in its home market, the Honor 8 Pro has been launched in India in with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. Priced at Rs 29,999, the Honor 8 Pro will sell exclusively via Amazon India on July 13. For Amazon Prime customers, there will be an exclusive sale on July 10. Buyers will be able to choose from color options like navy blue, platinum gold, and midnight black. The company has also launched its Band 3 in India.

Like the Honor 8 and Honor 8 Lite, the highlight of the Honor 8 Pro is its dual camera setup. The smartphone has a pair of 12-megapixel snappers at the back with duo-tone LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, auto-focus, and 4K video recording capabilities. On the front, it has an 8-megapixel selfie snapper with f/2.0 aperture. Honor 8 Pro’s dual-lens combination works to capture the shot with the monochrome lens capturing a black-and-white image, while RGB lens takes control of color reproduction.

Another noteworthy feature is the Qlik app, which comes as a result of Honor and GoPro’s partnership. A little similar to Apple’s Clips app, the app essentially allows you to create a collage of videos. For instance, if you have a bunch of videos on your phone, you can just select them and click on the share option, where the Quik app will show up. When you do that, the app automatically stitches all these small videos together and makes one big video. You can also add background music to it from your library. Also, it has different filters that you can apply to the entire video.

As far as the Band 3 goes, the device comes with heart rate monitor and water resistance up to 50 meters. The Band 3 is available in Navy Blue and Carbon Black color options.

Honor 8 Pro features, specifications

As for the rest of the specifications, the Honor 8 Pro features a 5.7-inch QHD (1440×2560 pixels) LTPS LCD display, protected by Gorilla Glass 3. Under the hood is Huawei’s Kirin 960 octa-core processor, which is accompanied by 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, which users can expand to an additional 128GB using a microSD card. Fuelling the smartphone is a 4,000mAh battery.